Sheet-counting device.



H. A. W. WOOD 8: C. NORDFOR S.

SHEET COUNTING DEVICE.

APPUCATION FILED JAN. 17. I914.

Patented July 23, 1918.

HENRY A. WISE woon, on NEW YORK, N. Y.,

HEIGHTS, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNORS, R -PAZPER MACHINERY CORPORATION, o

VIRGINIA.

mews.

Specification of Letters Patent.

AND CONRAD N ORDFORS, OF JERSEY CITY Y MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO WOOD NEWS- F NEW- YORK, N. Y A CORPORATION OF SHEET-(JOHN TIN G DEVICE.

Patented July 23,1918.

Application filed January 17, 1914. Serial N 0. 812,724.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that we, HENRY A. iVIsE lVo'oo and CONRAD N onerous, citizens of the Unite-d'States, said lVoon residing at New York, in the county ofNew York and State of New York, and said N onerous residing at J ersey City Heights, county of Hudson,

and .State of New Jersey, have invented a new and useful Sheet Co'unting Device, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a device for counting sheets for use upon a rotary web printing press and has for its principal object to provide very simple means for couuting folded products at high speeds without the use of reciprocating parts.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of the delivery end of a web press showing a preferred embodiment of this invention;

Fig. 2 is an end view of'a portion of the same; i

Fig. 3 18 a fragmentary side elevation show ng one posltlon of the countmg device, and

Fig. -i is a simllar view showing another position thereof.

As is well understood in this art folded papers have been fanned out on running belts and every fiftieth or one hundredth sheet thrown forward out of position by reciprocable fingers at the rear for the purposes of separating the sheets into bundles and thus counting them. This invention is designed for the purpose of supplau'ting this reciprocating mechanism and substituting for it extremely simple mechanism capable of operating without undue strain, at the high speeds at which modern presses of certain types are run, and yet having means for preventing the displacement of the last sheet of each bundle.

The invention is shown in the drawings as used in connection with a form of delivery and associated mechanism similar to those shown in the applications of Henry A. Wise food, on a bundling delivery for folders, Serial No. 723,284, filed October 1, 1912, and method of delivering folded sheets and apparatus therefor, Serial No. 773,918, filed June 16, 1913. In this mechanism, the folded product is delivered in a well known manner from a folding and cutting cylinder 10 and passes through rollers 11 and fans 12 to delivery tapes or belts 13. The fans 12 are'shown as on a shaft 14 driven by the gearing which drives the cutting cylinder. The shaft 14. by means of a vertical shaft 15 and suitable gearing, drives a shaft 16. The bolts 13 are driven from this shaft directly.

Stationary curved guides 17 are shown for inding the sheets as they are lowered by tie fans. The lower ends of the guides 17 are bent in such a manner as to form a pocket between the delivery belts and guides of sufficient size and shape to allow only one paper to enter at a time and to prevent buckling as set forth in one of the above mentioned applications.

Mounted on the shaft 16 and interposed among the fan blades 12 are the rotary counters 22. These not only form means for counting the papers but also serve as a stop for them as the fans deliver them on the delivery belts 13. The counters 22 are of a general circular shape, but each is provided with an eccentric projection 23 extending beyond the circumference of the circular part of the counter. This projection is connected with the circular portion of the counter by a gradual curve 01' rise on the forward side and by a sharp drop on the rear side. They are geared with respect to the folding cylinder in such a way make one revolution for fifty or one hundred papers delivered to the belts accordin to the number that are to be counted ofi' in each bundle.

The operation is very simple. As the sheets are delivered around the guides on the delivery belts, they strike the circular part of the counter one by one and are forwarded on the belts evenly spaced. This continues until the projection 23 comes into contact with the on-coming sheets. Then the last few sheets are pushed forward with a gradual increase which reaches its maximum as the fiftieth sheet is delivered, if that is the number in a bundle. This operation is indicated in Fig. 3.

When the fifty-first sheet is delivered the horn or projection 23 has already passed below the delivery belts 13. This allows this sheet to be deposited back against the circular portion of the counter as shown in Fig. 4. A considerable space is thus formed that they between the fiftieth and fifty-first. sheets,

thus enabling the operator to remove the Papers in bundle o fi y It il be n rstood 1st mu se hat th c u r c n'be made d geared up t oper t for the pu pose 'of'delivering any desired number of sheets for a bundle.

It Will be seen therefore that this operation is performed by reducing the mechanism absolutely to its simplest terms,

is no part that moves independently rotating shaft for the purpose of performhigh speed in qriei itlyflio part that is in that sense movable. In other Words, the Wholecountmg device rotates positively and rigidly with the- .shaftand thus there are no jdints, connec- "sens eth teaturestl e c s t out o i i order by rapid operation and nothing that can prevent the speeding up of the press to anet'itrem'ely higlispeed. This invention is designed not only totake, careof the present circular plate fixed to the'sha'ft andhaving eccentricprojections for'j shifting a sheet I periodically s; deliver d on 1116 belts.

2. The combination Withia rotary folding cylin'd'er forarotary Web printing press,

of delivery belts, rotary means gea'red'to ope'rate With said cylinder for delivering the sheets one ati'a] time therefrom to the belts,

a shaftgearedto operate fwithosaid rotary means, and means fixed to said shaft. for

' copiesof t l is petent may'te qbtai nedl forfiv e cents. eacmbyjaddressing the f aehmgtonJLGP i ery I There of a ,"this counting operation and. consef but to 7 provide for future] in V have illustrated and, d e scribed only asmgle embodiment of the in-' arresting the sheets as delivered to saidbelts at the same point and separating them into sets of :a definite number each by moving. gforward the last few sheets of a set. 3. U V

.3. lhe combination Witha delivery-device fora rotary 'Web printing press,"1ofv ashaft speed proportional to the speed of the delivand separating the edgeof one sheet perioddevice, and means fixed to saidshaftlfor receiving the edge ofeach sheet as delivered 'conneeted therewith and operating. at a ically from the edgeofl thenegrt sheet for i the purpose 0t equally spacing the sheets and fol-thereafter suddenly moving forward some of the sheetsto separate them into sets of bundles of a definite number each, a

4 The combination with delivery belts, and a: rotary'fan delivery, of arotary countin'g device positively geared up to saidfan delivery and having'an eccentric" projection 5,.QThe combination with 'a rotary forshiftinga sheetforward periodically, i and meansitor preventingsaid shifted sheets i from slipping'oversaid projection. 1 I sheet,

delivering fan and belts inpositionfor'restopping the forward ends of the sheets as they are delivered on the belts andiseparat ceiving vsheets'from the fanjof means. for

ing' them into bundles, of aguide injposition for prevent ng the last sheet of a bundle printing press comprising a shaft, and a'cirodically, V

In testlmony whereof We havehereuntoset hem moving over said separating means, r

While on the belts. 1

G. A counting device for' a rotary Web our hands, in the presenceot two sfubserib ing witnesses. g V

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